MTL NOVEL Chapter 28: Let's FG
With a flicker of light, her cockpit darkened and caused it to turn opaque.
Only the low hum of her mecha's energy core thrumming to life betrayed her next move.
She raised both arms smoothly as if she had done this a thousand times before.
Whirrr.
Blasters of all kinds materialized along her arms, plates shifting and locking into place.
The air crackled with charged energy.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I SAID TALK!" Ardan Flameborn's voice cracked with shock, his usual composure shattering in an instant.
His flames flickered wildly around him as he took a hurried step forward. "Wait! Wa—"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Kitiara Merje fired at what seemed to be a trio of European soldiers - two awakened and one white mecha.
The moment Kitiara Merje fired, the battlefield exploded into chaos.
The two Awakened warriors reacted with inhuman speed, their bodies blurring as they dodged the incoming blasts.
The white mecha was far more aggressive. Instead of dodging, its thrusters ignited with a blinding blue flame and caused it to burst forward and downwards with explosive speed, effectively causing Kitiara Merje's attacks to miss and at the same time, closing their distance as well.
"Melee heavy mecha." Damien Bloodbane's eyes narrowed as he correctly identified the type of mecha the European was piloting. "It would hold a massive advantage over Kitiara's long range light mecha if it is allowed to get into melee range."
A deep thudding sound reverberated as the mecha landed around a hundred meters away, its ivory plating gleaming under the battle's glow.
It raised its massive arms, and the moment it did, the two Awakened warriors struck.
One, a towering brute clad in obsidian armor, slammed his fist into the ground. The earth shook violently as cracks spiderwebbed outward, sending jagged spikes of rock spearing toward Kitiara Merje's mecha.
The other, a lithe figure wrapped in flowing azure robes, lifted a hand and caused the air to ripple. A sudden gale surged forward, twisting around the battlefield with unnatural intelligence. It quickly turned dust and debris into a spinning tornado of pure destruction.
Kitiara Merje barely flinched.
Her thrusters roared to life and catapulted her mecha skyward just as the earthen spikes erupted beneath her. The moment she cleared the ground, she fired again—this time, a rapid volley of mana-infused plasma bolts.
The brute warrior crossed his arms as his black armor flared with protective energy. Bam bam bam. Dull thuds echoed as his earthen armor forcefully resisted Kitiara Merje's bolts.
The second Awakened, the wind user, twisted gracefully in the air, his body avoiding each shot as if he already knew where they would land.
The white mecha, however, executed yet another burst charge forward.
In the blink of an eye, he had halved the hundred meter gap.
"Kitiara my sweet darling. Why don't you join my harem and be my cute little chinese bitch?" Came a rough voice from the heavy mecha even as it dashed towards Kitiara Marje at full speed.
"Harem? Why do you need a harem when you have no balls to speak of?" Kitiara Marje sneered back at him as she moved to evade.
"Haha! Spicy! I love it! Come to daddy now bitch!" The heavy mecha's thrusters roared to life and propelled it skyward in an instant, a shockwave blasting outward as debris and dust scattered beneath it.
Kitiara barely had time to adjust before it lunged, its bladed arms slicing toward her cockpit, forcing her into immediate evasive maneuvers as their battle erupted in a frenzied clash of steel and energy high above the battlefield.
From the side, Ardan Flameborn let out a loud groan, shaking his head. "Oh, for fuck's sake, Kit!" he growled. "Couldn't we just talk it out with them for once?!"
He slammed his fists together, and in an instant, the temperature around him skyrocketed. The air warped from the sudden heat, shimmering as if the very fabric of reality were burning.
Then, with a single step, he vanished.
A fraction of a second later, he reappeared in front of the brute warrior, his fist already surging forward.
BOOM!
The impact was brutal.
The sheer force sent the massive Awakened warrior skidding backward, his armor glowing red-hot from the heat. A loud hissing sound followed as the earth cooled rapidly, steam hissing from the molten cracks in his armor.
But the warrior did not fall.
Instead, he grinned, revealing a row of razor-sharp teeth and let out a low, rumbling laugh.
"Flameborn." he rumbled, his voice deep and filled with amusement. "You'll need more than that if you want to survive tangling with me."
Before Ardan could respond, the wind user struck.
From behind, a torrential blast of razor-sharp air blades ripped through the battlefield, converging toward Ardan like a hurricane of bladed death.
Ardan barely had time to turn before the storm hit.
BOOM!
The wind blades slammed into his frame, sending him hurtling backward, his body skidding through the dirt in a violent arc.
A split second later he erupted from the dust cloud completely unharmed, flames coiling around him like a living inferno.
His crimson eyes burned with irritation.
"Hahaha! Flameborn, have you Chinese manwhores grown weaker? I barely felt that weak ass punch of yours earlier!" The huge Earth Knight laughed sneeringly at Ardan Flameborn.
"Ha! I should have guessed - you rock bastards traded your nerves for armor. You probably didn't realize that I've cut your balls away in that exchange, did you?" Ardan Flameborn sneered back.
"Wha-what?" Boris, the Earth Knight, widened his eyes and glanced down at his crotch in alarm.
"HAHAHA! Boris you dumb European fuck! Are you here to do stand up comedy or fight? HAHAHA!" Ardan Flameborn roared with laughter.
"Boris you idiot. He is just pulling your leg!" The thinner Wind Mage hissed at him. "Quickly kill him and grab the boy!"
"You're dead, Flameborn." Boris muttered as he rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles malevolently. "No more holding back."
Craackk!! Rumble!
The ground around them split apart with a violent shudder as towering pillars of blackened stone erupted in a chaotic ring, trapping Flameborn within a collapsing prison of crumbling rock and searing ash.
"Desolate Earthen Prison. Let's see you survive this one, aishole." Boris snarled angrily.
"Tornado Blades." Johnson pointed at the massive earthen prison which was open at the top, and cast his most powerful wind spell directly into it.
The high speed gale caused the sharp rocks to smash into Ardan Flame born at high speed.
Earth prison to restrict Ardan Flameborn's movements and a tornado to slice him up within.
And without a line of sight, Ardan Flameborn's instant blink spell was rendered useless.
It was a deadly combo indeed.
"You Europeans are truly dumb fucks. I am a Fire Mage. I fear neither wind nor earth! Deathscape Flame Burst!" Ardan Flameborn shouted.
Bright red flames swirled around his hands. The very air around him ignited, crackling with unrestrained power.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, he thrust his hands forward.
A wave of scorching fire erupted from his palms, feeding on the tornado and the earth before exploding upon the Desolate Earthen Prison with the force of a collapsing star.
BOOMM!!
However, the Desolate Earthen Prison held strong.
Within it, Johnson's Tornado Blades began to increase its speed, each rocky projectile now slamming into Ardan Flameborn with the strength of a freight truck.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Ardan Flameborn's fire energy shield started to dim as it forcefully resisted the endless barrage of rocks.
"Fuck!" Ardan Flameborn could only manage a single curse through his gritted teeth.
He would not be able to hold on for much longer!
Several meters back, a pair of Ice Daggers silently appeared in Damien Bloodbane's hands.
It was the most critical moment of the battle, and it was time for Damien Bloodbane to make his move!